Politics and Figure Skating

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Stargate Atlantis fic recs.  (Really.)  What weirds me out isn't that I'm reading politics and skating AUs, oh no, it's that they're related in my mind.  Somehow.  
(and it's not just that they're cliché fic)

Out of Bounds by Icarus 
Rating: NC-17
John's a twenty-eight year old technical skater without many shots left.  Rodney's a former kid wonder World Champ artiste who grew into his body wrong and so's picked up coaching in the years gone by.  John goes to see Rodney.  
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2010) by sardonicsmiley
Rating: R
Rodney's captain of the Canadian Hockey Team.  John, likewise is quite talented on ice.  Sweet crack!

The Twenty Year Thaw by denynothing1
Rating: PG-13
Twenty years ago they were at the Olympics, skiing.

as wide as the sky by seperis
Rating: NC-17
John runs for president, largely because he was asked to, and McKay is his somewhat frightening campaign manager.
Rights of Man by unamaga 
Rating: R
Summary: John doesn’t wear a coat to his Inauguration.
(...and hello, sweet, sweet fantasy - the world is a wonderful place full of rainbows and unicorns - that I'm just a little to cynical for.)